Megaselia wendizona New Species Fig. 29.

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Holotype. Male. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste:ACG, Pailas II, 10.7631, –85.3344, 820 m, 8 May 2014, Malaise trap PL12-3a, D. Janzen, W. Hallwachs [LACM ENT 366285] (BIOUG29835-G10) (LACM) . Holotype Barcode ACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAGCATGAGCTG GAATAGTAGGAACTTCTTTAAGAATCATGATTCGAGCTGAAT TAGGGCACCCAGGAGCCTTAATTGGTGATGACCAAATTTATA ATGTAATTGTAACTGCACATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATA GTAATACCAATTATAATAGGAGGGTTTGGAAATTGATTAGTAC CTTTAATATTAGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCACGTATAAA TAATATAAGATTTTGGATATTGCCCCCTTCACTAACTTTACTA TTAGCAAGAAGTTTAGTAGAAAATGGGGCTGGTACAGGTTGA ACTGTTTACCCTCCTTTATCATCCAGAATTGCTCATAGTGGGT CTTCTGTTGATCTTGCAATTTTTTCTCTTCATCTTGCAGGAA TCTCTTCAATTTTAGGAGCAGTAAACTTTATTACCACAATTATT AATATACGGTCGTCAGGAATTTCTTTTGACCGAATACCTTTAT TTGTTTGATCTGTAGGTATCACAGCTTTACTTTTACTTTTATC TTTGCCTGTACTTGCAGGAGCTATTACCATACTTCTAACAGAT CGA------------------------------------------------------------------

Other Specimens. None.

Diagnosis. The barcode of this species is most similar to that of the western North American species, M. cryptizona, from which it differs by 4.42% minimum p-distance. The wings of the two are well separated by landmarking (Fig. 31), although M. wendizona has wings that are extremely similar to those of the sympatric M. tropizona (which was collected in the same Malaise trap as M. wendizona), whose barcode differs by 5.4% mean p-distance.

This species is in BOLD as BOLD:ADB5757.

Distribution. Costa Rica.

Etymology. Named for Costa Rican biologist Wendy Porras.